Where does “charqui” come from?
charqui (English) comes from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki — thin, wretched; miserly, stingy, miserable, mean;...
charqui (English): jerky
Ancestry of “charqui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | charqui | jerky |
| 2 | Quechua | ch'arki | thin, wretched; miserly, stingy, miserable, mean;... |